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CHRIST'S ENCOURAGEMENTS

SOUL-HEALING FIRST: BODY-HEALING SECOND

THE CALL OF MATTHEW

THE TOUCH OF FAITH AND THE TOUCH OF CHRIST

A CHRISTLIKE JUDGMENT OF MEN

THE OBSCURE APOSTLES

CHRIST'S CHARGE TO HIS HERALDS

THE WIDENED MISSION, ITS PERILS AND DEFENCES

LIKE TEACHER, LIKE SCHOLAR

THE KING'S CHARGE TO HIS AMBASSADORS

A LIFE LOST AND FOUND [Footnote: Preached after the funeral of Mr. F. W. Crossley.]

THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM, AND THEIR REWARD

JOHN'S DOUBTS OF JESUS, AND JESUS' PRAISE OF JOHN

THE FRIEND OF PUBLICANS AND SINNERS

SODOM, CAPERNAUM, MANCHESTER

CHRIST'S STRANGE THANKSGIVING

THE REST GIVER

THE PHARISEES' SABBATH AND CHRIST'S

AN ATTEMPT TO ACCOUNT FOR JESUS

'MAKE THE TREE GOOD'

'A GREATER THAN JONAS'

'A GREATER THAN SOLOMON'

FOUR SOWINGS AND ONE RIPENING

EARS AND NO EARS

'TO HIM THAT HATH SHALL BE GIVEN'

SEEING AND BLIND

MINGLED IN GROWTH, SEPARATED IN MATURITY

LEAVEN

TREASURE AND PEARL

THE MARTYRDOM OF JOHN

THE GRAVE OF THE DEAD JOHN AND THE GRAVE OF THE LIVING JESUS

THE FOOD OF THE WORLD

THE KING'S HIGHWAY

PETER ON THE WAVES

CRUMBS AND THE BREAD

THE DIVINE CHRIST CONFESSED, THE SUFFERING CHRIST DENIED

CHRIST FORESEEING THE CROSS

THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY

THE SECRET OF POWER

THE COIN IN THE FISH'S MOUTH

EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE; ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.; ST. MATTHEW Chaps. XVIII to XXVIII

CONTENTS

THE LAW OF PRECEDENCE IN THE KINGDOM

SELF-MUTILATION FOR SELF-PRESERVATION

THE LOST SHEEP AND THE SEEKING SHEPHERD

PERSISTENCE OF THWARTED LOVE

FORGIVEN AND UNFORGIVING

THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE KING

NEAREST TO CHRIST

THE SERVANT-LORD AND HIS SERVANTS

WHAT THE HISTORIC CHRIST TAUGHT ABOUT HIS DEATH

THE COMING OF THE KING TO HIS PALACE

A NEW KIND OF KING

THE VINEYARD AND ITS KEEPERS

THE STONE OF STUMBLING

TWO WAYS OF DESPISING GOD'S FEAST

THE TABLES TURNED: THE QUESTIONERS QUESTIONED

THE KING'S FAREWELL

TWO FORMS OF ONE SAYING

THE CARRION AND THE VULTURES

WATCHING FOR THE KING

THE WAITING MAIDENS

DYING LAMPS

'THEY THAT WERE READY'

TRADERS FOR THE MASTER

WHY THE TALENT WAS BURIED

THE KING ON HIS JUDGMENT THRONE

THE DEFENCE OF UNCALCULATING LOVE

THE NEW PASSOVER

'IS IT I?'

'THIS CUP'

'UNTIL THAT DAY'

GETHSEMANE, THE OIL-PRESS

THE LAST PLEADING OF LOVE

THE REAL HIGH PRIEST AND HIS COUNTERFEIT

JESUS CHARGED WITH BLASPHEMY

'SEE THOU TO THAT!'

THE SENTENCE WHICH CONDEMNED THE JUDGES

THE CRUCIFIXION

THE BLIND WATCHERS AT THE CROSS

TAUNTS TURNING TO TESTIMONIES

THE VEIL RENT

THE PRINCE OF LIFE

THE RISEN LORD'S GREETINGS AND GIFTS

ON THE MOUNTAIN